Covid-19: We don’t talk about 1-18

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by Yoshou, Apr 16, 2020.

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  1. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No,they would abandon Trump.
    He is the vector.Bubba is the virus.
     
  2. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Who TF was complaining, it’s just the way it is. It’s called time difference even trump can’t change that.
     
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  3. JamesA

    JamesA Member+

    Dec 7, 2004
    Victoria
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Complaining is the incorrect choice of word.

    I should have said highlighting.
     
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  4. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Sure he can. Executive order, the entire country is a single time zone. Voila, problem solved.
     
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  5. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You are replying to the wrong person. I was explaining what you said to ANOTHER poster.
     
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  6. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    I’m going back to bed.
     
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  7. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    Like China?
     
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  8. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    The 'WE' that sing 80's power ballads are, that's for sure :eek:

    :giggle:
     
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  9. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I was mostly joking, but also thinking of India, because I had not realized that China does a single time zone. Which seems kinda nutty ... but I guess it works for them.
     
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  10. CFnwside

    CFnwside Member+

    Jan 25, 2001
    Humboldt Park
    Like China. Can you imagine?
     
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  11. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    ??? o_O

    Thank you guys for trying to explain my post to the member who has read who-knows-what in it. :) I am honestly flabbergasted that an innocent mid-rant about keeping oneself up-to-date through time-zones can have beeen interpreted as having any kind of malicious intent.

    Maybe it was because of my previous anti-Trump post about the President of the United States bullying a Chinese-American reporter (a post that, by the way, I keep being proud of), but I don't think this justifies seeing imaginary second or third-level intents in everything I write...

    There's just one more little problem, though...

    Well, I don't know how to put it, but... I am not a she, I am an he. I hope this doesn't disappoint anyone and I'll admit my avatar is misleading, especially because when I subscribed I didn't want to indicate any sex in my profile (back then my idea was sharing as little personal info as possible).

    You see, I am mostly a women's soccer follower and, in the women's boards here on BigSoccer, it's a longtime habit that avatars don't really represent ourselves, but more often our favourite women players. That habit spans through all of the women's boards (there are countless male posters with avatars of Tobin Heath or Joy Fawcett or other women champions from the present or from the past), but it's even more rooted in Nadeshiko Japan's boards, where I post most of my content. For records, the woman in my avatar is veteran Nadeshiko Japan National Team member Aya Sameshima. :ninja::)
     
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  12. CFnwside

    CFnwside Member+

    Jan 25, 2001
    Humboldt Park
    Oops. A day late and a dollar short. My bad.
     
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  13. ChrisSSBB

    ChrisSSBB Member+

    Jun 22, 2005
    DE
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Page nine? Page nine!!! Anything beyond one page, one bullet point and a picture or two is worthless. What a fail by Obummer.
     
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  14. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
     
  15. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    Not sure how much it actually works for them. It was imposed by history's biggest butcher.

    Look at the table here and tell me that makes any sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_China
     
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  16. ChrisSSBB

    ChrisSSBB Member+

    Jun 22, 2005
    DE
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That was amazing.
     
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  17. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Holy crap.. how big is your ignore list? :) And one of them appears to be Timon since he's literally explained to you several times what happened and you are just digging in deeper.
     
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  18. y-lee-coyote

    y-lee-coyote Member+

    Dec 4, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Thank you for your reasoned response. I have no real expectations from the govt, so it is difficult for them to let me down. The number one thing they could do for me is quit killing people for resource procurement. After that keep the water running and the electric flowing, don't let planes drop out of the sky on the regular, don't let the roads get so bad they mess up front end alignment, and schools, well not failing so epically would be a massive improvement. Fire and Police, etc. but like I said pretty minimal expectations, and even police have nearly as much negative as positive.

    I had two grandkids, siblings, but they have been separated for most of the SIP stuff, who got sick for a minute last week, and I had a chance to examine my feelings about this up close and personal. While I tried to convince myself the odds were relatively low that either of them even had cOvid, much less be killed by it, it was a scary 24 hours or so. It turned out to be routine allergy causing inner ear and upper respiratory distress/discomfort and typical to them for this time of year.

    I would like to see some numbers on representative sampling for both the illness and the antibody test. I think that would tell us the real danger. I think people who share your position believe in the ability of government and are not as fatalistic as people who feel that is time to find out who is going to live and who is going to die. Now that does not mean I am heading to any crowded venues personally, but don't care if others want to give it a go. I will got to the lake, but not Wal mart during peak hours.

    In my estimation there are three things that appear to make this thing especially lethal. 1) over ~60, 2) high density populations, 3) underlying health issues particularly diabetes and blood pressure problems, to most of the rest of the population it is not nearly as deadly. The three factors being overly represented thus far in any statistics I have seen that give any kind of a SES/ demographic breakdown. I believe that absent one of those three factors death rates over expected mortality for most others will be at acceptable risk levels for a lot of people.

    We may lead the world in deaths total. but we are 9th in deaths per capita with NYC included. Brummie posted some data earlier and cherry picked the numbers that best supported his point, but completely disregarded the numbers that showed we were way down the list he chose to use in deaths per capita. My state opened May 1 and our hospitalizations and deaths have continued to decrease. I do think we are maintaining some personal space and most places are allowed 30-50% occupancy, but we will soon see, if you are right there should be some spike in hospitalizations or deaths by late next week. So we will soon see if the second wave is dire, nothing to see here. or somewhere in between.
     
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  19. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    I am pretty sure Timon and I are on good terms. Funny that you have to weigh in... being a moderator and all.
     
  20. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seriously, this dude is a medical Doctor and still an ignorant to boot. That level of stupidity is mind blowing.

     
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  21. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm wading in because you are unnecessarily making an issue of someone joking about how many pages of message they have to catch up every morning and, despite having several explain to you what happened, you continue to think that Blissett was making a comment abut how poorly the US was doing against covid19...
     
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  22. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    You got all that out of a comment that me and Timon are okay?

    Just give me my red card for doing nothing already.
     
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  23. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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  24. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    We may be on good terms, but you absolutely beclowned yourself in this episode.
     
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  25. VFish

    VFish Member+

    Jan 7, 2001
    Atlanta, GA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    It happens. You've got a bigger problem. They seem to think you and I are the same person.
     

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